What’s your fav French song ?

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Making a playlist x

Un point c'est tout- Zazie
Elisa- Serge Gainsbourg & Jane Birkin

Lived in France way back and these 2 songs bring back some amazing memories

Touche Touche by Mika.

Aicha

I love Jean Jacques Goldman. On ira, là-bas

Voyage voyage by Mauranne

Pompelamoose’s version of Les Champs-Elysées

Digital Love by Daft Punk - English lyrics but unmistakably French

D.A.N.C.E. by Justice - ditto

Nouveau Western by MC Solaar

Bonnie and Clyde - Gainsbourg and Birkin (and sampled by Solaar)

(Si Si) Je Suis un Rock Star. Bill Wyman.

French Disko - Stereolab
Obsolète -MC Solaar
C’est Simple - Pomplamousse
Mon esprit part en couilles - Expression Direkt

The latter might not sit so well on a playlist with lots of the earlier suggestions though!

Putain De Planète (Timide Et Sans Complexe)

Comment Te Dire Adieu - Francoise Hardy
Amsterdam - Jacques Brel
Le Chanson de Jacky - Jacques Brel
Le Moribund - Jacques Brel
Au Champs Elysees - Joe Dassin
For Me... Formidable - Charles Aznavour

Oh and

Sexy Boy - Air

What’s with the love for this? It’s shown up so many times on this thread! I remember when it was in the charts, but just because the lyrics were funny…

Yes! Or should I say Oui!

I was going to name Jacques Brel but I didn't think I'd get away with it.

Songs by other non-French Franchones have been listed, though!

What are Franchones?

Typo. Francophones.

À la folie- Juliette Armanet
vérité- Claire Laffut
Ce qui rêvent- Pomme
La Haut- L’impératrice
All I need- Air

“Desenchantee” by Mylene Farmer. Brings back great memories and I have a slightly convoluted personal connection to the singer.
Piaf “La vie on Rose” - great for belting out at the top of your voice
“Papaoutai” Stromae. I know he’s Belgian but, hey. There is a slower version of it as well which is good

Melody by Serge Gainsbourg is lush.

Le temps fera les choses by Angèle is beautiful.

La javanaise - the version by Juliette Greco
Autant d'amours, autant de fleurs - Jean Ferrat - groovy!
Au suivant - Jacques Brel

Ella, elle l'a (France Gall)

Ca plane pour moi

All of Moon Safari, on repeat, on my Pioneer ministack hifi, lying on my bed half asleep with the sun coming though the blinds, in 1998.

Mika - Boum Boum Boum and Elle Me Dit

Gregoire - Tu Plus Moi and Rue D'etoiles